US6019088A - Mounting arrangement - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
- F02M61/14—Arrangements of injectors with respect to engines; Mounting of injectors
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- This invention relates to an arrangement for mounting a component in a desired position.
- This invention is particularly suitable for use in mounting a fuel injector in position in a bore of an engine to permit fuel to be delivered by the injector to a cylinder of the engine. It will be appreciated, however, that the invention may also be used in other applications, for example mounting a spark plug, a sensor or a fuel line connector in a desired position.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a known arrangement for mounting a fuel injector in position.
- an annular groove of part circular cross-sectional shape is provided in the exterior of the nozzle holder 10 of an injector 12.
- An O-ring or circlip 14 is received within, and protrudes from the groove.
- a gland nut in the form of a cylindrical sleeve 16 is located around the nozzle holder 10, the interior of the sleeve 16 being shaped, at a first end thereof, to engage the circlip 14.
- the exterior of the sleeve 16, at the first end thereof, is provided with a screw-threaded region which, in use, cooperates with corresponding threads provided on the interior of the bore to secure the injector 12 in position, the injector being clamped between the sleeve 16, through the circlip 14, and a step formed in the bore.
- the opposite end of the sleeve 16 is shaped to include flats dimensioned to permit an appropriate tool to be used to rotate the sleeve 16 to secure the sleeve 16 and injector 12 in position.
- the internal diameter of the part of the sleeve between the first end thereof and the circlip would have to be increased, thus reducing the wall thickness resulting in the sleeve being of undesirably reduced strength.
- the outer diameter of the sleeve cannot, in practice, be increased to maintain the wall thickness as the increased diameter would require the bores in the cylinder head to be of undesirably increased diameter. It is an object of the invention to provide an injector arrangement in which the disadvantageous effects described hereinbefore are reduced.
- the lack of compliance in such an arrangement may result in undesirable loosening of the injector, in use, due to settling of the mating surfaces.
- a mounting arrangement for use in securing a component in a desired position comprising a sleeve arranged to surround part of the component, the sleeve being provided, at a first end thereof, with a fixing region, the sleeve including a first annular groove arranged to receive a substantially annular resilient member, the member being engageable within a second annular groove provided in the component, wherein the first annular groove is spaced from the first end of the sleeve.
- the first annular groove is conveniently of sufficient depth that the substantially annular resilient member can be received therein so as not to impede movement of the component relative to the sleeve.
- the fixing region conveniently comprises a screw threaded region of the sleeve.
- the component conveniently comprises a fuel injector.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a known injector arrangement
- FIG. 2 is a side view of a sleeve forming part of an injector mounting arrangement in accordance with an embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the sleeve of FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 is an enlargement of part of FIG. 3;
- FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the arrangement, in use.
- FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic view of a modification.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate a sleeve 16 forming part of an injector mounting arrangement in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- the sleeve 16 is of cylindrical form, a first end 16a thereof being provided with external screw-thread formations arranged, in use, to cooperate with corresponding formations formed on the interior of a bore of an engine cylinder head within which the injector 10 is received.
- a second end 16b of the sleeve 16 is of hexagonal form to permit the sleeve 16 to be rotated using an appropriate tool to secure the sleeve 16 in position.
- the sleeve may be provided with formations other than screw thread formations for securing the sleeve in position, if desired.
- the sleeve 16 includes an axially extending through bore which is of substantially uniform diameter, the diameter of the through bore being slightly larger than the diameter of the nozzle body 10 of the injector 12 to be secured in position as shown in FIG. 5.
- the sleeve 16 is provided with an interior annular groove 18.
- the annular groove 18 is of tapering depth, and the depth of the part of the groove 18 closest to the first end 16a of the sleeve 16 is sufficiently large to enable a circlip 14 to be received entirely therein, the circlip 14 not impeding insertion of the injector 12 into the bore when in this position.
- Dashed lines 20 in FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate the circlip 14 in this position.
- the injector 12 is modified so that rather than including an annular groove in a position adjacent the first end 16a of the sleeve 16 as in the arrangement illustrated in FIG. 1, the exterior of the nozzle body 10 is provided with an annular groove 22 at a location which, in use, aligns with the groove 18 provided in the sleeve 16.
- the location of the groove 22 is indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 1, although it will be appreciated that no such groove is provided in this location in the arrangement illustrated in FIG. 1.
- the depth of the groove 22 is substantially equal to half of the diameter of the material of the circlip 14 such that when the circlip 14 is received within the groove 22, approximately half of the diameter of the circlip protrudes from the exterior of the nozzle holder 10, this part of the circlip extending into the groove 18 provided in the sleeve 16 as shown in FIG. 5.
- the injector 12 is inserted into the bore of the sleeve 16, the circlip 14 having already been located within the groove 18 of the sleeve.
- the action of inserting the injector 12 into the sleeve expands the circlip 14 resulting in the circlip 14 being located completely within the groove 18, the circlip 14 occupying the position indicated at 20 in FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the end of the nozzle body 10 may be chamfered as denoted by dashed lines 24 in FIG. 5. Once the circlip 14 occupies the position denoted by the dashed lines 20 in FIGS.
- the injector 12 and first end 16a of the sleeve 16 can be located within the bore of the cylinder head, and the sleeve 16 rotated so that the screw-thread formations provided at the first end 16a engage with those of the bore to secure the injector 12 and sleeve 16 within the bore.
- the sleeve 16 is rotated, the cooperation of the threaded formations results in axial movement of the sleeve 16 and injector 12 into the bore. Subsequently, the injector 12 engages a step located within the bore preventing further axial movement of the injector 12.
- the sleeve 16 is secured rigidly in position by virtue of its threaded engagement in the bore.
- the location of the circlip in the grooves at a position spaced from the first end of the sleeve results in a part of the injector relatively close to the end thereof remote from the nozzle being rigidly supported. Such rigid support of this part of the injector reduces movement of this end of the injector, for example resulting from vibrations.
- the circlip conveniently takes the form of a length of wire bent to take a substantially annular form, but it will be appreciated that other types of resilient annular member, for example an O-ring, may be used.
- the circlip is conveniently of oval form to assist in initial insertion of the circlip into the bore of the sleeve and the groove 18, and to assist final engagement in the corresponding groove 22 of the injector.
- the oval form of the circlip also reduces the risk of the circlip falling completely through the bore of the sleeve during assembly.
- the groove 22 provided in the nozzle holder 10 may be of semicircular cross-section as described hereinbefore, it is envisaged that the shape of the groove may be modified to include a ramped surface 22a as illustrated in FIG. 6. Should it be necessary to remove the injector from the sleeve 16, downward movement of the injector 12 in the orientation illustrated in FIG. 6 results in the circlip 14 being forced to ride up the ramped surface 22a until the circlip 14 occupies a position in which relative movement of the injector and sleeve is no longer impeded.
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US6142122A (en) * | 1998-06-20 | 2000-11-07 | Daimlerchrysler Ag | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines |
US12078137B1 (en) * | 2023-07-28 | 2024-09-03 | Caterpillar Inc. | Injector sleeve having inner groove |
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US2897800A (en) * | 1956-05-18 | 1959-08-04 | Continental Motors Corp | Fuel injection nozzle construction and mounting |
US3908911A (en) * | 1973-01-25 | 1975-09-30 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Fuel injection nozzle for internal combustion engines |
US4050722A (en) * | 1975-10-14 | 1977-09-27 | Berger Industries, Inc. | Joint for conduit |
US4066213A (en) * | 1976-04-16 | 1978-01-03 | Deere & Company | Fuel injection nozzle assembly |
US4815666A (en) * | 1987-09-21 | 1989-03-28 | Nordson Corporation | Powder spray gun for quick color changes systems |
US5070845A (en) * | 1989-05-22 | 1991-12-10 | General Motors Corporation | Fuel injection nozzle |
US5421522A (en) * | 1993-09-24 | 1995-06-06 | Bex Engineering Ltd. | Nozzle assembly |
US5617828A (en) * | 1995-07-05 | 1997-04-08 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Fuel injection valve for internal combusiton engines |
US5727739A (en) * | 1995-03-03 | 1998-03-17 | Spraying Systems Co. | Nozzle with quick disconnect spray tip |
US5875976A (en) * | 1996-12-24 | 1999-03-02 | Medi-Ject Corporation | Locking mechanism for nozzle assembly |
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CH292199A (en) * | 1944-07-10 | 1953-07-31 | Gmbh Robert Bosch | Fuel injector. |
US2897800A (en) * | 1956-05-18 | 1959-08-04 | Continental Motors Corp | Fuel injection nozzle construction and mounting |
US3908911A (en) * | 1973-01-25 | 1975-09-30 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Fuel injection nozzle for internal combustion engines |
US4050722A (en) * | 1975-10-14 | 1977-09-27 | Berger Industries, Inc. | Joint for conduit |
US4066213A (en) * | 1976-04-16 | 1978-01-03 | Deere & Company | Fuel injection nozzle assembly |
US4815666A (en) * | 1987-09-21 | 1989-03-28 | Nordson Corporation | Powder spray gun for quick color changes systems |
US5070845A (en) * | 1989-05-22 | 1991-12-10 | General Motors Corporation | Fuel injection nozzle |
US5421522A (en) * | 1993-09-24 | 1995-06-06 | Bex Engineering Ltd. | Nozzle assembly |
US5727739A (en) * | 1995-03-03 | 1998-03-17 | Spraying Systems Co. | Nozzle with quick disconnect spray tip |
US5617828A (en) * | 1995-07-05 | 1997-04-08 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Fuel injection valve for internal combusiton engines |
US5875976A (en) * | 1996-12-24 | 1999-03-02 | Medi-Ject Corporation | Locking mechanism for nozzle assembly |
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US6142122A (en) * | 1998-06-20 | 2000-11-07 | Daimlerchrysler Ag | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines |
US12078137B1 (en) * | 2023-07-28 | 2024-09-03 | Caterpillar Inc. | Injector sleeve having inner groove |
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